Week 1 - NO Spend Month

We are through our first week of our STRICT budget. I think it went pretty well this week. However, we did spend $67. Now don't freak out because $40 of that was diapers. I did look into buying a smaller pack of diapers but couldn't justify buying them because the cost per diaper is so much more. I had Mike make the dreaded trip to Costco just to buy diapers. I wasn't sure if he could resist the muffins or the other great things Costco sales. However, to my surprise he just bought diapers and grapes.

I did go out with some friends for dinner this week but I made sure that I bought the cheapest item on the menu which was just the soup and salad which is what I wanted in the first place.

We did pretty good on our meals this week. I had quite a few vegetables left over that I didn't use the week before. I already had meat and some frozen vegetables in the freezer that were part of my normal buying for January. We have lettuce in our garden right now and we should be getting some peas and some beets later this month.

Once we decided that we should try this our first instinct was to stock up on items. I tried really hard not to stock up on items when I went to the grocery store. I bought the way I would normally buy. I always buy my meat and chicken in bulk so I usually have enough to last me a month or longer thanks to our second freezer.

Week 2 I think might be harder because it is almost time to fill the cars with gas and I may feel the need to do a big grocery store trip even though I don't need it.

Stay tunned for more adventures.